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let's get to dan lothian. campaign sources say they hope to drum up $10 million over the next two days. what is the strategy? is he arming up to get working in the battleground states here? >> the strategy really is all about the battleground states, don. look at where the president s been traveling over the next several months. he's made many trips to colorado. to florida, where he'll be he headed later in the week. he spent a lot of time in virginia. and we can't forget about ohio. the president was just there on friday. and returns there after leaving the west coast. that's the strategy. a lot of money, a lot of time being spent in the key battleground states. if you watch television in those states, every few minutes, you'll see one of the campaign ads from the president or from mitt romney. they believe in you can hang on or win the key battleground states, that's the road to victory in the upcoming election, don. >> and the president got some laughs, dan, speaking to a friendly crowd. what did he say abo
let's get to dan lothian. campaign sources say they hope to drum up $10 million over the next two days. what is the strategy? is he arming up to get working in the battleground states here? >> the strategy really is all about the battleground states, don. look at where the president s been traveling over the next several months. he's made many trips to colorado. to florida, where he'll be he headed later in the week. he spent a lot of time in virginia. and we can't forget about ohio. the...
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and dan lothian is joining me live from the white house with that. so the president's not at the white house prepping. >> reporter: nope. >> where is he doing his debate prep, who with, and what do we know about it? >> reporter: that's right. well, the president is in nevada, which is an important battleground state as you know. with a large number of hispanic voters. last night the president held a grass roots event there campaign event, but spending as you pointed out much of the time over the next couple of days preparing for the first debate. the campaign not giving a lot of details about what the president is doing to prepare for the debate, what they are doing, though, is lowering expectations or pointing out that the president has not had a lot of time to practice because he's very busy with his day job and with a lot of the issues that have been popping up in the middle east region. but in addition to that, they talk about how mitt romney has had a lot of time to prepare not only just practicing, but also with the primary season he was able t
and dan lothian is joining me live from the white house with that. so the president's not at the white house prepping. >> reporter: nope. >> where is he doing his debate prep, who with, and what do we know about it? >> reporter: that's right. well, the president is in nevada, which is an important battleground state as you know. with a large number of hispanic voters. last night the president held a grass roots event there campaign event, but spending as you pointed out much...
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live to los angeles now and the white house correspondent, dan lothian. the nokia theater live in los angeles, what's going on here, entertainment or politics? they are colliding here. two different strategies, romney with arousing crowds in florida and the president taking yesterday off and today keeping it relatively low key 30 days until the big day. what's the agenda in l.a. tonight? let me guess, money? >> reporter: that's right. he took a -- you pointed out yesterday he was celebrating his wedding anniversary because he was actually out of town in denver on the actual anniversary. so they celebrated that over the weekend. then coming here the president has come to california as kind of his atm. he does a lot of fund-raisers here from the hollywood set and others and has been able to pull in a lot of cash. that's primary focus of the president's trip. as you pointed out he's having the big concert with big names, earth, wind and fire, katy perry and george clooney is expected to deliver remarks as well. in addition to that, the president will also be
live to los angeles now and the white house correspondent, dan lothian. the nokia theater live in los angeles, what's going on here, entertainment or politics? they are colliding here. two different strategies, romney with arousing crowds in florida and the president taking yesterday off and today keeping it relatively low key 30 days until the big day. what's the agenda in l.a. tonight? let me guess, money? >> reporter: that's right. he took a -- you pointed out yesterday he was...
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dan lothian, thanks. john berman's got a look at some of the other stories making news today. >>> police in virginia are looking for the source of three homemade bombs. investigators want to know who set off explosives outside two stafford county homes early tuesday morning. the two incidents have been linked to a third explosion tuesday inside a house in fredricksburg. no injuries were reported. >>> a guilty plea in arizona from a mexican man accused in the 2010 murder of u.s. border patrol agent brian perry. manuel osorio air ranous could be facing life in prison. the 36-year-old man said he got into a gun battle while he and four other armed men were looking for drug traffickers to rob. >>> another california surfer attacked by a shark. the 25-year-old is fighting for his life after he was bitten in his chest and abdomen yesterday. a depp puttpy in eureka saying one of the wounds is a 14 inch gash. other surfers helped pull him out of the water and rush him to a hospital. less than a week ago another c
dan lothian, thanks. john berman's got a look at some of the other stories making news today. >>> police in virginia are looking for the source of three homemade bombs. investigators want to know who set off explosives outside two stafford county homes early tuesday morning. the two incidents have been linked to a third explosion tuesday inside a house in fredricksburg. no injuries were reported. >>> a guilty plea in arizona from a mexican man accused in the 2010 murder of...
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dan lothian is live in washington. good morning, dan. what is the president's message right now to storm victims? >> reporter: well, it really was two-fold. first of all, he wanted to pledge that the federal government would cut through red tape, cut through all the bureaucracy. he said there would be no excuses for inaction. and that federal agencies should really explore all options even leaning on the military if necessary to get the resources to where they need to get as quickly as possible. but secondly, what the president was also trying to reinforce yesterday was kind of uplifting the spirits of those hit by the storm. some of whom have lost everything saying that america is with you, america will help you get back on your feet. and he praised those who have already jumped in and taken action. >> during the darkness of the storm, i think we also saw what's brightest in america. i think all of us have honestly been shocked by the force of mother nature as we watch it on television. at the same time, we've also seen nurses at nyu ho
dan lothian is live in washington. good morning, dan. what is the president's message right now to storm victims? >> reporter: well, it really was two-fold. first of all, he wanted to pledge that the federal government would cut through red tape, cut through all the bureaucracy. he said there would be no excuses for inaction. and that federal agencies should really explore all options even leaning on the military if necessary to get the resources to where they need to get as quickly as...
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white house correspondent dan lothian is traveling with the president. dan, at this point he's on record to raise almost a billion dollars now, and that's not including those outside super-pacs. how much is he expecting to raise tonight? >> reporter: well, millions of dollars, and we'll try to break that down later on in the evening, exactly how much they're expected to raise. they really believe this is important money that they need for a couple of reasons. first of all, the race is very tight. when you look at the national numbers, the race is very close. then you break it down to those key battleground states in ohio, in florida, in colorado and virginia. very close there as well. so they need it this money to really beef up their ground operation going into election day and also saturate the air wae waves with the telephone ads. they're bringing in millions of dollars. a lot is going out the door as well, fredricka. >> so, dan, a lot of questions have been asked of the president, and everyone else since the debate about, you know, a nearly unrecogni
white house correspondent dan lothian is traveling with the president. dan, at this point he's on record to raise almost a billion dollars now, and that's not including those outside super-pacs. how much is he expecting to raise tonight? >> reporter: well, millions of dollars, and we'll try to break that down later on in the evening, exactly how much they're expected to raise. they really believe this is important money that they need for a couple of reasons. first of all, the race is...
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dan lothian is here in washington with me. and when will the president arrive in new jersey, dan? >> reporter: he will be taking off at 12:15 in washington, little less than an hour or so for the president to get to new jersey. it will be a quick trip. go on the ground, touring with governor christie, talking with some of the families who have been impacted there, who have lost their homes, some of whom may have lost some relatives or friends. also talking to first responders who the president has been saying now for the past couple of days, the critical role that they have played in rescuing folks and perhaps preventing even more of a catastrophe in some of these areas. that's what the president will be doing on the ground there today. in general what you're seeing from the white house is trying to show that the president is very much on top of the situation there, releasing photographs of the president in the situation room, getting briefings. we heard overnight the president was getting updates on the recovery efforts and, in addition to that, that the president has -- will con
dan lothian is here in washington with me. and when will the president arrive in new jersey, dan? >> reporter: he will be taking off at 12:15 in washington, little less than an hour or so for the president to get to new jersey. it will be a quick trip. go on the ground, touring with governor christie, talking with some of the families who have been impacted there, who have lost their homes, some of whom may have lost some relatives or friends. also talking to first responders who the...
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dan lothian live in los angeles for us. president is all about fund-raising tonight, dan. so who is going to help him more in los angeles, is it going to be the former president bill clinton or is it going to be, i don't know, bon jovi? >> reporter: wow, you know, that's a tough one. i have to say probably both of them will help him because, you know, the president not only bon jovi but also katy perry is here, george clooney, jennifer hudson. a lot of other big names that appeal to a broad array of voters from the old school like earth wind and fire, so older audiences but also some of the young people as well. so i think the president's covering it all with the various stars who are helping here at this fund-raiser but you can't take anything away from what the xlin believes former president bill clinton brings to the table, not only in the speeches he delivers, but also out there in fund-raising. he's held a number of fund-raising events and this week as well here in california he will be holding a fund-raiser. one expected to raise about $160,000. so he's key to the ca
dan lothian live in los angeles for us. president is all about fund-raising tonight, dan. so who is going to help him more in los angeles, is it going to be the former president bill clinton or is it going to be, i don't know, bon jovi? >> reporter: wow, you know, that's a tough one. i have to say probably both of them will help him because, you know, the president not only bon jovi but also katy perry is here, george clooney, jennifer hudson. a lot of other big names that appeal to a...
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our dan lothian is up very early at the university of denver. and, dan, i understand this is the fourth time that these two men have really ever encountered one another in person. is that expected to have any effect when they meet each other on stage? >> well, certainly this is not someone who the president spent time with in the senate, has not spent a lot of time talking to him, and when they debate tonight, for 90 minutes, it will be the most time and the longest time that they have spent interacting at all. so it is an unusual, i guess, setting if you will for the president and governor mitt romney. but nonetheless, they're getting ready for this big event, the last couple of days they have been doing these mock debates, going through every possible question that will be asked, every possible scenario that will be thrown their way. so they're pretty ready for that. they'll be doing a walk through later this afternoon to get comfortable with the actual setting, to take a look at all of the various camera angles. and then as you pointed out, t
our dan lothian is up very early at the university of denver. and, dan, i understand this is the fourth time that these two men have really ever encountered one another in person. is that expected to have any effect when they meet each other on stage? >> well, certainly this is not someone who the president spent time with in the senate, has not spent a lot of time talking to him, and when they debate tonight, for 90 minutes, it will be the most time and the longest time that they have...
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white house correspondent dan lothian live at the debate site. thank you very much for that. i also want to bring in our cnn political editor, paul steinhauser for behind the scenes look at tonight's town hall style debate format. so set it up for me and give me the mechanics, paul, if you will. how many people, how many undecided voters, how many students, how the questions get chosen. and exactly how this thing will function. >> reporter: you got it. and as i do that, i think you have live pictures of the debate behind me on hofstra university campus. let's look at those. this will be 80 people in the town hall audience. they are undecided voters, as dan was mentioning, from the area here on long island in new york state. they will be coming up with the questions. in fact, they have come up with the questions, and they're meeting pretty much right around now at an undisclosed location. i don't know where it is. don't ask me, i don't know. with candy crowley, the moderator, our own candy crowley, cnn's candy crowley, host of "state of the union." candy will be getting the qu
white house correspondent dan lothian live at the debate site. thank you very much for that. i also want to bring in our cnn political editor, paul steinhauser for behind the scenes look at tonight's town hall style debate format. so set it up for me and give me the mechanics, paul, if you will. how many people, how many undecided voters, how many students, how the questions get chosen. and exactly how this thing will function. >> reporter: you got it. and as i do that, i think you have...
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lothian, thank you, dan. deputy manager for the obama campaign, stephanie cutter. nice to see you. good morning to you. are you there? i'm looking for stephanie cutter. i think we're having a little bette of a technical difficulty. >> yes. >> there you are. nice to see you, stephanie. >> i'm here. >> and i'm here, so we can start. how are you feeling about going into the debate tonight? i know the president has missed some of the scheduled debate practices because of news events. how do you feel about it? >> well, we're excited about it. we're excited about it for a number of different reasons. this is the first time the american people will be seeing these two candidates stand by side by side. the president has had to cut back some of his prep because of his job as president. that's typical for any incumbent. we also know by looking at past debates and past campaigns challengers win more often than not that first debate. of course, we know that mitt romney is a champion debater in his own words. some of his
lothian, thank you, dan. deputy manager for the obama campaign, stephanie cutter. nice to see you. good morning to you. are you there? i'm looking for stephanie cutter. i think we're having a little bette of a technical difficulty. >> yes. >> there you are. nice to see you, stephanie. >> i'm here. >> and i'm here, so we can start. how are you feeling about going into the debate tonight? i know the president has missed some of the scheduled debate practices because of...
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and cnn's dan lothian has been watching how this has been unfolding at the white house. this is obviously a delicate situation for any candidate who is on the stump and the stump hasn't been mentioned. tell me what the president is doing at the white house, dan. >> reporter: it is a delicate balance. just to tell you that noise behind me, the leaf blowers, working here to clean up some of the leaves and brachbs kno bran down in the wake of the storm. i'm competing. the president has been getting briefed on the situation with surrounding hurricane sandy. at the same time trying to figure out when he'll be heading back out on the campaign trail. latest word from the white house now, in fact the president will not be heading back out tomorrow. he'll stay here at the white house. the president was to have gone to ohio, an important battleground state to campaign tomorrow. that has been put on hold. the president can continue to get briefed, stay on top of the situation. he wrapped up not long ago video conference from the white house situation room with a number of top senio
and cnn's dan lothian has been watching how this has been unfolding at the white house. this is obviously a delicate situation for any candidate who is on the stump and the stump hasn't been mentioned. tell me what the president is doing at the white house, dan. >> reporter: it is a delicate balance. just to tell you that noise behind me, the leaf blowers, working here to clean up some of the leaves and brachbs kno bran down in the wake of the storm. i'm competing. the president has been...
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cnn's dan lothian is at the white house. we just heard the president making a plan for this big public announcement at 12:45. anything other than updating where we stand and what people need to do, depending on where they live? >> reporter: we're still trying to get more details on that. but we expect it will simply be an update at 12:45 on what the president has lrnd coearned comt of this meeting going on right now. the president getting briefed from some of the senior members of his team including janet napolitano and craig fugate and john brennan. the follows some of the briefings the president has been getting over the weekend. he also went over to fema headquarters where he had a chance to get a firsthand glimpse of what the federal government was doing to stay on top of this hurricane. again, the president promising that the federal government will help states in any way possible, as you know. so far, eight states have been declared states of emergency by this president, including the district of columbia. and that fre
cnn's dan lothian is at the white house. we just heard the president making a plan for this big public announcement at 12:45. anything other than updating where we stand and what people need to do, depending on where they live? >> reporter: we're still trying to get more details on that. but we expect it will simply be an update at 12:45 on what the president has lrnd coearned comt of this meeting going on right now. the president getting briefed from some of the senior members of his...
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dan lothian is covering team obama. jim, the governor seemed to have some momentum then the later debate stalled some progress perhaps. we haven't seen a lot of poll numbers. now his team has spent a valuable campaign day on the defensive over this. does this story concern them at all? >> i think it does, anderson, and you can tell by the fact that senior romney advisers were really out of sight all day long. we did not see them at either of the big campaign events that he had today in nevada and here in iowa. and i think this is what happens when the romney campaign has a narrative, a news cycle that sort of gets out of its control. and we saw that happen earlier today. before they put out that statement saying what they wanted to do with that pro-richard mourdock ad and whether or not they would continue to support him, one of their top surrogates, new hampshire senator kelly ayotte, who was on his vice presidential list of potential running mates, she already went out and said that she was not going to be joining ric
dan lothian is covering team obama. jim, the governor seemed to have some momentum then the later debate stalled some progress perhaps. we haven't seen a lot of poll numbers. now his team has spent a valuable campaign day on the defensive over this. does this story concern them at all? >> i think it does, anderson, and you can tell by the fact that senior romney advisers were really out of sight all day long. we did not see them at either of the big campaign events that he had today in...
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dan lothian, thank you very much. >>> let's talk about what the polls could be telling us. ari fleischer joins us, a part-time unpaid communications advisor to the romney campaign. also obama 2012 pollster, cornell belcher and david gergen, senior political analyst. cornell, this is the first poll taken entirely after the debate although it's just one poll, certainly not a good indicator for president obama or his campaign. what do you make of it? >> well, look, i think we always said this is going to be a tight race, and it's going to continue to be a tight race. there's other polls out there, the political battleground poll came out today showed the president slightly ahead. reuters poll came out friday that showed the president slightly ahead. but look, it's not going to be about the polls. we all know this will be a close race. i think romney did a good job of selling it to the undecided leaning republicans out there and you're seeing them move home. quite frankly, we knew they were going to move home at some point. i think he closed that case with them. he's getting th
dan lothian, thank you very much. >>> let's talk about what the polls could be telling us. ari fleischer joins us, a part-time unpaid communications advisor to the romney campaign. also obama 2012 pollster, cornell belcher and david gergen, senior political analyst. cornell, this is the first poll taken entirely after the debate although it's just one poll, certainly not a good indicator for president obama or his campaign. what do you make of it? >> well, look, i think we always...
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cnn's dan lothian is live for us at hofstra this morning. dan, good morning. >> good morning. and you talked about those uncommitted voters. about 80 of them will be in the audience, and from that group they'll be the ones asking the questions based on the coin toss governor mitt romney will get the first question. now, as you know, the president will be working very hard to try and recover from that first debate performance. he spent the last three days in williamsburg, virginia, preparing, prepping for this debate, surrounded by mostly the same team that he had going in to the first debate, with the exception of ben rose, one of his national security advisers. according to some of president obama's top campaign aides the president will be much more aggressive. he will challenge mitt romney when he puts out his plans at this debate. as for mitt romney, he spent the weekend in massachusetts. he went to church, and then spent some time prepping at a nearby hotel. his campaign advisers going after the president, saying that he might change his style and his tactic, but he can't
cnn's dan lothian is live for us at hofstra this morning. dan, good morning. >> good morning. and you talked about those uncommitted voters. about 80 of them will be in the audience, and from that group they'll be the ones asking the questions based on the coin toss governor mitt romney will get the first question. now, as you know, the president will be working very hard to try and recover from that first debate performance. he spent the last three days in williamsburg, virginia,...
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dan lothian is in denver, following the obama campaign. what has the president done for final preparations? >> well, he will be, this morning, going through the briefing books again, doing some final preparations and as you heard earlier, doing a walk-through later this afternoon of the venue. but the bulk of the work has happened over the last couple of days as a president was in nevada, which is, of course, a key battleground state, going through the debate camp. senator john kerry playing the role of governor romney. that's good for two reasons at least for the obama campaign because he knows mitt romney very well, coming from the state of massachusetts, but also is veteran debater himself. he's been helping the president out. now, the thing that we'll be watching for is what t real push will be from the obama campaign. and the romney campaign tonight in terms of their overall theme. as you know, it is all about domestic policies, so they're talking about the economy, about health care, about the role of government, what the president w
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dan lothian with the president this evening, thanks so much, dan. >>> and go ahead. >>> foreign policy battle continues right here in the "situation room" later this hour with a top adviser from each campaign to join us live. looking forward to that. >> two senior representatives from both campaigns. >> yep. >>> we're also following two chinese telecommunications giants, both labeled potential threat to u.s. national threat. we have details of a warning coming in from the house intelligence committee. dad vo: ok, time for bed, kiddo. lights out. ♪ (sirens) (train horn) ♪ vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. >>> there are two of the biggest telecommunications companies in the world and u.s. lawmakers are warning they may be trojan horses for the chinese government and a possible cyber war. our foreign affairs correspondent jill dougherty is following the story for us. jill, what exactly is the house intelligence committee saying about these chinese companies? >> reporter: well, start with what they're not saying,
dan lothian with the president this evening, thanks so much, dan. >>> and go ahead. >>> foreign policy battle continues right here in the "situation room" later this hour with a top adviser from each campaign to join us live. looking forward to that. >> two senior representatives from both campaigns. >> yep. >>> we're also following two chinese telecommunications giants, both labeled potential threat to u.s. national threat. we have details of a...
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cnn's dan lothian is live for us in denver with some white house reaction to the debate last night. good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. first of all, what you're hearing from the obama campaign is that a mission that in fact governor romney did have a strong performance last night, but they're going after the substance, pointing to what they say are flaws and distortions in his policies, and overall, they don't believe that the performance by the president last night and the performance by governor romney will in any way shift this race dramatically. we'll have to wait and see. i mean, we'll be watching in key battleground states like ohio or even here in colorado, taking a look at the polling over the coming days to see if, in fact, things will change. but the bottom line for the campaign is they believe that the president came in here and did what he set out to do, which is to have a conversation with the american people. the problem for the campaign is that governor romney came in here to have more than a conversation. he challenged the president. he did not back down.
cnn's dan lothian is live for us in denver with some white house reaction to the debate last night. good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. first of all, what you're hearing from the obama campaign is that a mission that in fact governor romney did have a strong performance last night, but they're going after the substance, pointing to what they say are flaws and distortions in his policies, and overall, they don't believe that the performance by the president last night and the...
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required viewing, dan lothian and paul steinhauser, you'll be watch, i know. watch the debate here on cnn, of course. it is the town hall presidential debate this evening moderated by cnn's candy crowley. our special live coverage begins at 7:00 eastern. >>> now we've got an update on the pakistani girl shot in the head by the taliban. it's been about 24 hours now since malala yousufzai arrived at a british hospital. the medical director says doctors are impressed by the girl's resilience and strength but she still has a long way to go. today marks one week since a taliban government ordered malala's school bus, called out her name, fired three shots at her for being an advocate for girl's education. dan rivers is outside the hospital where the 14-year-old is being treated. >> reporter: we're told that malala spent a comfortable night here at the queen elizabeth hospital, her condition is now described as stable. there's not really that much more that doctors are saying specifically about her condition other than she's undergone already initial assessment from
required viewing, dan lothian and paul steinhauser, you'll be watch, i know. watch the debate here on cnn, of course. it is the town hall presidential debate this evening moderated by cnn's candy crowley. our special live coverage begins at 7:00 eastern. >>> now we've got an update on the pakistani girl shot in the head by the taliban. it's been about 24 hours now since malala yousufzai arrived at a british hospital. the medical director says doctors are impressed by the girl's...
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dan lothian joins us to talk about that. >> reporter: you are right. we have seen the romney campaign really go after this white house on the issue of libya, concerns that this administration has not been transparent and concerns that this president has not been strong enough in addressing the issues of terrorism. and concerned about the way that the administration has been slow to really roll out the real story on libya. as of yet the romney campaign officially has not released anything on this but senator john mccain who is a surrogate for the campaign was on fox news and said, quote, it is just so inappropriate and i'm sure that the families of those brave americans are not amused. i did reach out to a couple of officials on the white house. one official told me they would be getting back to me shortly. so far nothing from the white house in response to the president's comments on the jon stewart show. when you are in the campaign season even on a show like this where it is about having fun that the president's words can be dissected and get him int
dan lothian joins us to talk about that. >> reporter: you are right. we have seen the romney campaign really go after this white house on the issue of libya, concerns that this administration has not been transparent and concerns that this president has not been strong enough in addressing the issues of terrorism. and concerned about the way that the administration has been slow to really roll out the real story on libya. as of yet the romney campaign officially has not released anything...
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. >> dan lothian is in denver. morning, dan. mr. obama can't be feeling very good this morning. >> reporter: good morning. well, look, as you just played out in those sound bites, it was a big night for governor romney. some have suggested it was a make or break debate for him. he certainly showed up to fight. and voters agree he got the win in a cnn or flash poll, 67% of the voters said he won the debate. 25% saying president obama won. how did he do it? he challenged the president, never backed down even as the president appeared not to want to push back until the second half of the debate. take a listen. >> i just don't know how the president could have come into office, facing 23 million people out of work, rising unemployment, an economic crisis at the kitchen table and spend his energy and passion for two years for fighting for obamacare instead of fighting for jobs for the american people. it has killed jobs. >> for 18 months, he has been running on this tax plan. and now, five weeks before the election, he is saying his big,
. >> dan lothian is in denver. morning, dan. mr. obama can't be feeling very good this morning. >> reporter: good morning. well, look, as you just played out in those sound bites, it was a big night for governor romney. some have suggested it was a make or break debate for him. he certainly showed up to fight. and voters agree he got the win in a cnn or flash poll, 67% of the voters said he won the debate. 25% saying president obama won. how did he do it? he challenged the...